concomitance

[kon-kom-i-tuh ns, kuh n-]

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noun

the quality or relation of being concomitant.
concomitant(def 2).
Roman Catholic Church. the coexistence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistic bread.

Origin of concomitance

From the Medieval Latin word concomitantia, dating back to 1525–35. See concomitant, -ance

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Related Words for concomitance

union, partnership, impression, concordance, mixture, combination, connotation, juxtaposition, recollection, identification, linkage, correlation, remembrance, tie, relation, bond, pairing, concomitance, correspondence, accord

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Historical Examples of concomitance

Their relation is that of mere coincidence or concomitance, and not causation.
The Problems of Psychical Research
Hereward Carrington
Why cannot we accept the simple fact of concomitance in this case also?
A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution
C. M. Williams
Yet it comes to be by concomitance, because it serves a greater good in relation to the universe.
Theodicy
G. W. Leibniz
God, who is the cause of the concomitance of bodily and mental facts, is in truth the sole cause in the universe.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8
Various
All that could be asserted would be the relation of concomitance or of juxtaposition, not the relation of cause and effect.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
Various

British Dictionary definitions for concomitance

concomitance

noun

existence or occurrence together or in connection with another
a thing that exists in connection with another
Christian theol the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist

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Word Origin and History for concomitance

1520s, from Middle French concomitance, from Medieval Latin concomitantia, from Late Latin concomitantem (see concomitant). Related: Concomitancy.